The profiles of the directors nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors and elected by written consent are:
STEWART WALLACH, age 60, is the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company since April 23, 2007, a director of the Company since September 22, 2006, and the founder and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Capstone Industries since September 20, 2006. Mr. Wallach is an American entrepreneur and has founded and operated a number of successful businesses over his 35-year career. Over the past 15 years, Mr. Wallach has been focused on technology-based companies in addition to consumer product businesses, the field in which he has spent most of his career. Prior to founding Capstone Industries, he sold Systematic Marketing, Inc., which designed, manufactured and marketed automotive consumer products to mass markets, to Sagaz Industries, Inc., a leader in these categories. He served as President of Sagaz Industries for 10 years before forming Capstone Industries, Inc. In 1998, Mr. Wallach co-founded Examsoft Worldwide, Inc., which developed and delivered software technology solving security challenges of laptop-based examinations for major educational institutions and state bar examiners. Mr. Wallach remained chairman of Examsoft until it was acquired in late 2009. Mr.Wallach has designed and patented a number of innovations over the span of his career and has been traveling to China establishing manufacturing and joint venture relationships since the early 1980s.
GERRY MCCLINTON, age 57. Mr. McClinton was appointed as a director of the Company to fill a vacancy on February 5, 2008. He is currently the Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of CHDT Corp and Capstone Industries. His prior work experience is: (a) President of Capstone (2005 -2007); (b) General Manager of Capstone (2000-2005); (c) Held senior officer positions with Sagaz Industries, Inc. (1990-2000); (d) Chief Financial Officer, Firedoor Corporation, a national manufacturer of security and fire doors to the construction industry (1980-1990). Mr. McClinton received a designation from The Royal Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (“I.C.M.A.”), University of Northern Ireland, Belfast, United Kingdom.
LAURIE HOTZ, age 79, is a certified public accountant practicing in the greater Miami, Florida region for over 40 years. Mr. Holtz was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company in December 2007 but retired from this position in 2009. Mr. Holtz was a pioneer in the development of forensic accounting and has worked as a forensic auditor in a number of cases over the years. Mr. Holtz has served on the Board of Directors since January 2004.
Dr. JEFFREY POSTAL, age 55, has served as a director of the Company since January of 2004. Dr. Postal presently is a businessman and entrepreneur in the Miami, Florida region. Dr. Postal owns, founded or funded numerous successful businesses over the last few years, including but not limited to: Sportacular Art, a company that was licensed by the NFL, BLB and NHL to design and manufacture sports memorabilia for retail distribution in the U.S; Co-Owner of Natures Sleep, LLC, a major distributor of Visco Memory Foam mattresses, both nationally and internationally; Dr. Postal is a Partner in Social Extract, LLC, a Social Media company offering consulting services to many major companies in the U.S.; Dr. Postal is the principal investor of Postal Capital Funding, LLc, a fund whose mission is to find undervalued/under capitalized companies and extend funding to them in exchange for equity and/or capital consideration; Dr Postal is the founder of Datastream Card Services, a company that provides innovative billing solutions to companies conducting business on the internet.
JEFFREY GUZY, age 60, was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors on May 3, 2007, to replace Mr. Lamadrid. Mr. Guzy has a MBA in Strategic Planning and Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania; a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University and an Associate Degree in Theology from Georgetown University. He has served as an executive manager or consultant in international business development, sales or management in the telecommunications industry, specifically with IBM Corp., RCA Corp., Sprint International, Bell Atlantic Video Services, Loral Cyberstar and FaciliCom International. He serves on the Boards of numerous enterprises, to include Aprize Satellite, which provides global remote monitoring and control. Mr. Guzy is also an Advisor to the MIT Enterprise Forum.
LARRY SLOVEN, age 62. Mr. Sloven was appointed as a director on May 3, 2007. A U.S. Citizen, Mr. Sloven resided in Hong Kong for over 18 years. He is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He just finished a five year term as a Director of the American Club in Hong Kong and Chaired the Development Committee which was responsible for re engineering five major multi-million dollar re-development projects for the premier club in Asia.
Mr. Sloven's company was a product development and purchasing agent for Capstone, and was the purchasing agent for Dick's sporting goods chain. He also helped develop a private label hardware and accessory line for Circuit City, Inc. and a camcorder and cellular phone battery line for Spectrum Brands, Inc. (formerly, "Rayovac Corp."). In 1993, Mr. Sloven helped set up a joint venture factory producing cellular battery packs for AT&T along with the first cellular alkaline battery pack for Duracell. He participated in the outsourcing of the production of the one-hour NMH-fast charger for the Duracell Corporation. In the mid 1990's, he helped set up a JV with Rayovac and the largest alkaline consumer battery factory in China. Mr. Sloven also assisted in the outsourcing of video games for Atari, arranging for Chinese manufacture of The Stanley Works' garage door motors and products.